These 24 Senators Will Decide Whether The United States Gets An Assault Weapon Ban

As Congress considers steps to prevent gun violence, the
controversial
assault weapons banfaces
an uncertain fate in the Senate, amid growing speculation that
the bill will not have enough support to get through the
Democratic-held chamber.

Based on past records, we can predict that just a
handful of Senators will decide whether the new ban lives or
dies.

Forty Republican Senators
recieved an "A" rating from the NRA, and 36 Democrats have
recieved an F rating from the NRA.

This leaves just 24 Senators who have deviated from their party's
strongest position on gun control — enough to swing a vote in
either direction. This group includes any Republican
who didn’t get at least an A rating from the NRA, and any
Democrat who didn’t get an F rating.

Walter Hickey/ BI Data from
NRA

The
Sunlight Foundation investigated which members would be most
likely to support gun
control issue by looking into campaign contributions, density of
gun shops in the home state and margin of party
victory.

According to Sunlight, the higher the score, the more
likely that person is to support gun control in a vote: